News Archives - European Business

Welcome to 2018. We hope that everyone had a relaxing Christmas and wonderful start to the New Year.

On Thursday, 8 February, European Business was delighted to welcome more than 100 guests at Hophaus for our new year’s reception. It was a great opportunity to network and reflect on the past year and talk about our goals for the new year.

European Business would like to thank all attendees for this successful evening and we look forward to sharing with you our other events which we have planned for 2018.

European Business celebrated a successful year marked with highlights such as the Europeans at the Gallery, our annual Australia v Europe wine tasting and the Flanders Investment & Trade networking event.

The Committee would like to thank all those who have supported the organisation over the past 12 months and we look forward to another fantastic year ahead.

On Monday 29 May, European Business was delighted to welcome its affiliates to ‘Europeans at the Gallery’. The event saw close to 400 guests of 13 European Chambers of Industry, Trade and Commerce descend upon the Great Hall at the National Gallery of Victoria for a fabulous night of networking and an exclusive private viewing of this year’s Winter Masterpieces Exhibition, Van Gogh and the Seasons.

We were warmly welcomed by Tina Thoms of the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and Willem Cosijn, the Consul General in Australia for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Dr Ted Gott, Senior Curator of International Art at the NGV, shared his thoughts and reflections on the life of Van Gogh and the exhibition before guests were invited into the gallery to view a carefully curated selection of masterpieces.

The event was a great success and we are sure a fantastic evening was had by all. European Business would like to thank all those who were able to attend as well as the 13 European Chambers of Industry, Trade and Commerce and the event’s major sponsor Exhibition Centre.

Welcome to the beginning of a new financial year in Australia and the halfway point of 2016. We hope everyone has had a fantastic first half of 2016. European Business has had a great start to 2016, hosting two successful events as well as being involved in three others.

In February, European Business was honoured to welcome back His Excellency The Honourable Alexander Downer, AC. His Excellency is the current Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and was able to share his insights into the challenges facing the UK and the EU in light of issues such as terrorism, the Ukraine conflict and the ongoing refugee crisis.

In April, European Business welcomed Mr David Campbell, Australian Consul General Frankfurt and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Western Europe for Austrade. David has over 18 years of experience in the Australasian and UK/European markets with a background in wholesale and investment banking sectors, global capital markets and wealth management. He discussed Europe in the context of the region as an important source of trade for Australia.

In May, European Business’ president, Oliver Jankowsky, was invited to present at RMIT’s European Union Centre’s second Policy Briefing for 2016. The Briefing focused on issues for businesses expanding into the European Union or Australia. Oliver used his experience assisting European companies entering the Australian market to outline the requirements under the current Australian law. Oliver was joined by Professor Gabriele Suder, Principal Fellow, Melbourne Business School/FBE, University of Melbourne and Mr Ivano Casella, Head of the Trade and Economic Section of the EU Delegation to Australia.

In the second half of 2016 European Business is planning to hold a number of events including our famous annual wine tasting night. Please check back regularly to our events page for more information.

On Tuesday 17th February 2015 European Business had the pleasure of hosting Tea Dietterich, CEO of 2M Language Services. 2M specialises in translations with publication quality into 170+ languages including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Tea is a board member of Australian Business in Europe – France and the Rosetta Foundation, an organisation focused on social justice, development and inclusion through equal access to information and knowledge across all languages.

Tea shared her experience of the ever evolving technologies allowing rapid translation of large amounts of text. She highlighted how the latest programs used in her field are assisting global businesses with efficient and consistent development of documents, such as policies and operating manuals, to be released across their international, multilingual organisations. Tea also discussed the importance of clear communication, including conversation, documentation and observation of local business etiquette in fostering prosperous multilingual business relationships.

Overall it was a fantastic evening at Campari House with a rare opportunity to hear from a trail-blazer in a crucial aspect of global business. European Business would like to thank Tea and all those who were able to make it on the night.

On Thursday 5th February 2015 European Business had the pleasure of hosting an intimate, invitation only event with His Excellency The Honourable Alexander Downer, AC. For more information please see our event page.

Welcome to 2015. We hope everyone had a relaxing Christmas and wonderful start to the New Year.

The last quarter of 2014 saw European Business hold two successful events. In October, Mr Serdar Baycan, Australian Chairman of the Bilateral Trade Agreement between the Australian Industry Group and it’s Turkish equivalent, The Foreign Relations Board of Turkey made an interesting presentation on the Australian-Turkish business relationship, the 100 year anniversary of the landing in Gallipoli which is due to occur this year and what the future holds for these two, specially bound countries. Towards the latter end of the year, in December, our annual Christmas drinks were held again at Murmur. It was a fantastic opportunity to network and reflect on the past year. European Business would like to thank all those who supported these two events.

In the first part of 2015 European Business is excited to announce two upcoming events.

On 17th February we have the pleasure of hosting our first event of the year with guest speaker, Ms Tea Dietterich, CEO of 2M Language Services. Tea is in charge of leading the 2M Team providing translations with publication quality into 170+ languages and is very active within the international trade sector, working closely with the Australian Export Council & Australia China Business Council.

On 26th March we will be holding an Australian-Austrian networking event in partnership with Advantage Austria.

For more information on these events and to register please refer to our events page.

Did you know you can attend events held by our sister organisations? For more information please refer to their websites for more details. Links to these websites can be found on our ABIE network page.

On 24 July European Business celebrated it’s re-launch with an event at Hall & Wilcox Lawyers. Oliver Jankowsky, the President of European Business, said: “The association is unique in its ability to offer business connections with the whole of Europe. It is strongly represented in larger European countries such as Germany, France and Britain but one of its strengths is the ability to connect with smaller European nations as well.”

Hall & Wilcox Managing Partner, Tony Macvean, said the firm was proud to support European Business. “A strength of the European Business organisation is its business focus” said Mr Macvean.

The launch event was well attended by representatives from several European chambers of commerce and from various companies including Accenture, Ernst & Young, Seek Limited, Mercedes Benz, BMW and Sabco Australia.

Distinguished guests included Dr Mark Higgie, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and Australian Ambassador-designate to the EU, Belgium, Luxemburg and NATO.

Special thanks to Dick Porter from ABIE UK and Dr. Robert Harrison from ABIE Germany for addressing the audience and helping to make the launch event a success.